Cyclist death - Southampton docks

[Marcus Aurelius]

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/197100 ... ton-docks/

A 50 year old cyclist died on a bit of road I use a lot this morning. A 28 year old driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

R.I.P. and condolences to the F&F.

[MikeF]

If the traffic is just large goods vehicles then it can't be a good place for cycling. Perhaps this is an area where there should be protected cycle lanes.

[Marcus Aurelius]

If the traffic is just large goods vehicles then it can't be a good place for cycling. Perhaps this is an area where there should be protected cycle lanes.

There is, it’s surrounded by segregated lanes, and a new section linking that part to Totton, just down the road. I don’t know the full facts yet, but the fact a driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, makes me wonder if the driver was somewhere he shouldn’t have been. A favourite trick of the big trucks is reversing without a banksman. That isn’t allowed.

[Valbrona]

"Not another one".

Vague thread title?

[mjr]

If the traffic is just large goods vehicles then it can't be a good place for cycling. Perhaps this is an area where there should be protected cycle lanes.

There is, it’s surrounded by segregated lanes, and a new section linking that part to Totton, just down the road. I don’t know the full facts yet, but the fact a driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, makes me wonder if the driver was somewhere he shouldn’t have been.

I'm told that the recent death by HGV in Cambridge occurred after the driver mounted the kerb into the cycleway, but I've not checked for reports.

[simonineaston]

Oh Dear - awful for his family... I remember cycling out of Le Havre along a route used by commercial traffic to exit the docks. It was narrow, with no pavement and apparently no other choice. The Euro trucks sped past with little room to spare - it was a tense 20 minutes or so. It had looked like a good idea on the planning map...

[Pete Owens]

If the traffic is just large goods vehicles then it can't be a good place for cycling. Perhaps this is an area where there should be protected cycle lanes.

There is, it’s surrounded by segregated lanes, and a new section linking that part to Totton, just down the road.

We don't know anything about the circumstances of the crash. However, the segregated lanes could well have been a contributory factor to the collision since they channel cyclists and motors into conflicting movements through junctions, approaching from directions that are difficult to see.

I don’t know the full facts yet, but the fact a driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, makes me wonder if the driver was somewhere he shouldn’t have been. A favourite trick of the big trucks is reversing without a banksman. That isn’t allowed.

You can't draw any conclusions from the arrest. The simple fact that someone was killed as a result of a collision with a vehicle makes the driver of that vehicle the prime suspect.